I deleted my comment from earlier but I’m going to rewrite. Basically:
My rebuttal to that is that, one, I already am for sure on a watch list. And let’s be honest, we all are. Snowden showed us that. It’s just a matter of how high a priority you are on it.
Second, I always found the sentiment of not telling anyone I’m communist odd. I want everyone to know. I’m a normal person, and a communist. We exist. Furthermore, if I’m not scared to even identify as a communist, how could I expect myself to be brave enough to engage in actual revolutionary activity? I don’t know.
I’ve had a hammer and sickle on my car for a year now and wear pins on my clothing. I live in a conservative area and the worst that has happened is a question and a dirty look. Maybe I’m an anomaly, and communists get beat up everywhere but here, but something tells me there’s a bit of a paper tiger when it comes to persecution from everyday people.
Biden literally asked people to turn over socialists and communists. You might be on a watchlist somewhere, but that’s different than the local Kops also knowing you’re a communist. Be careful with who you tell.
Let me clarify, I never said don’t ever tell anyone that you are a communist, I’m saying before you do try to get a general idea of what that person is like and how they might respond.
I deleted my comment from earlier but I’m going to rewrite. Basically:
My rebuttal to that is that, one, I already am for sure on a watch list. And let’s be honest, we all are. Snowden showed us that. It’s just a matter of how high a priority you are on it.
Second, I always found the sentiment of not telling anyone I’m communist odd. I want everyone to know. I’m a normal person, and a communist. We exist. Furthermore, if I’m not scared to even identify as a communist, how could I expect myself to be brave enough to engage in actual revolutionary activity? I don’t know.
I’ve had a hammer and sickle on my car for a year now and wear pins on my clothing. I live in a conservative area and the worst that has happened is a question and a dirty look. Maybe I’m an anomaly, and communists get beat up everywhere but here, but something tells me there’s a bit of a paper tiger when it comes to persecution from everyday people.
Maybe I’m totally out of touch, let me know.
Biden literally asked people to turn over socialists and communists. You might be on a watchlist somewhere, but that’s different than the local Kops also knowing you’re a communist. Be careful with who you tell.
Holy shit, seriously? I know the red scare never ended, but I wasn’t aware of actually openly calling for persecution of us.
I will.
Let me clarify, I never said don’t ever tell anyone that you are a communist, I’m saying before you do try to get a general idea of what that person is like and how they might respond.
I see. Thanks!